Egg handling and grading apparatus



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1. IN A MACHINE FOR HANDLING EGGS, A PLURALITY OF TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES ADAPTED TO CARRY INDIVIDUAL EGGS, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCING SAID TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES BETWEEN AN EGG PICKUP STATION AND AN EGG DISCHARGE STATION, A CONVEYOR HAVING A PORTION THEREOF IN THE EGG PICKUP STATION FOR ADVANCING EGGS ARRANGED THEREON IN ROWS TRANSVERSE TO THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE CONVEYOR AND PARALLEL TO THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES, AND MEANS FOR MOVING THE PORTION OF THE CONVEYOR IN THE EGG PICKUP STATION IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE MOVEMENT OF PREDETERMINED TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES TO DELIVER EGGS INTO THE PREDETERMINED TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES DURING MOVEMENT OF THE PREDETERMINED TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES. 